Stanford Valley Guest Farm and its great trail network (and incredible outdoor playground) awaits just beyond the tranquil and tiny village of Stanford. Set alongside the winding water course of the Klein River and at the foot of the rugged Akkedisberg range, you’ll be hard-pressed to find a more scenic riding destination. Words and Photos [...]
I hardly ever get the chance to actually ride stage races. The last time I did a multi-day event myself was when I rode Trek2Teebus in April 2021. Usually, I work at events. That’s why, when Luke Lockhart-Ross offered me an entry to the mid-week Pinotage race at the 2022 FNB Wines2Whales I jumped at [...]
Oakhurst Farm, hidden in the fairy-tale forests between George and Sedgefield, makes a perfect base if you’re keen to explore some of the Garden Route’s lesser-known trail networks. This is where the outdoor crowd head to when they want to escape the crowds who have yet to discover Hoekwil and its tranquil surrounds, far away [...]
There’s rollicking riding to be had where the Eastern Cape’s ‘Frontier Country’ hinterland borders onto the Sunshine Coast. Jacques Marais went native and checked out some brand-new sections along 3 RIVERS TRAILS near Jeffreys Bay. Photographs & Copy: Jacques Marais Local Buzz: Khangela mfethu, die Oos-Kaap is ‘n lekker plek, no matter what language you [...]
You’ve seen the George number plate, right? Locals will have you believe that the ‘CAW’ stand for ‘cold and wet’, but this is just a malicious rumour spread by the outdoor crowd there keen to keep you off their trails … Photographs & Copy: Jacques Marais Local Buzz: No my china, George is anything [...]
I’m an Oos Kaap boykie, so the odds were always spot-on that I would enjoy the Trek 2 Teebus MTB Stage Race and the surrounding Steynsburg region. But man, I had no idea how much of a jol this event would turn out to be … Photographs & Words by Jacques Marais The Area The far-away and fabulous [...]
The 2021 Trans Baviaans was held in unusual conditions, imposed by Covid-19 restrictions, and in difficult weather; on Saturday, 28 August. Teams were able to start, in self-seeded start times, from 05h00 in order to beat the 22h00 curfew. The early start and a late winter cold front, lead to sub-zero temperatures, with brief flurries [...]
PYGA Euro Steel’s Matthys Beukes and Gert Heyns and Motorlease Perigon’s Robyn de Groot and Amy McDougall are the 2021 KAP sani2c champions. A split second men’s finish saw PYGA Euro Steel’s second team of Philip Buys and Pieter du Toit take the stage win, but with the nearly four minute gap held by the [...]
Another exciting finish in the men’s race at stage 2 of the KAP sani2c, but PYGA Euro Steel’s Matthys Beukes and Gert Heyns managed to extend their overall lead by nearly 4 minutes as they charged across the line in a time of 03:24:32 (GC 06:14:45). The second PYGA Euro Steel team Philip Buys and [...]
It was a sprint finish as the PYGA Euro Steel team of Matthys Beukes and Gert Heyns took the stage win at day one of the KAP sani2c, in a time of 02:50:13, just two seconds ahead of teammates Philip Buys and Pieter du Toit. Matt Beers powered across the line just ahead of the [...]
